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HfS. SCOTT NEWSPAPER FILE Filed Feb. 2O

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ual-risa HEREWARD s. scoTT, oF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

NEWSPAPER FILE.

. Applies'tion med February 2o, 19,25. serial No. 10,542.

ln A-Paftent No. 866,391, dated Sept'. 17, 1907, 'there is disclosed a iile that may be'a'dvantageously 'used as a. temporary binder or -filing device for newspapers andsimilar sheets, the

`-fi/liixrg device including impaling pins on which newspapers or llike sheets may be imp'aled and .retained thereon by al closure member placed on the pins, A simple and durable structure supports the pins and clol-U sure member, and provision is made for Eholding the closure either 'in an open posiftion 'or in a closed position relative to the -i-mpali'ng pins.

.This invention kaims to provide a somewhat simi-lar filing Astructure including certain `improvements or refinements which af- 'tord 'a better device. @ne Vof 'the improvements 'are Iresilient end members which serve t'w'o purposes, first, :that of holding a closure 2U inA a closed position, and second, that of alining'the upper 'and lower edges of sheets in the filing 'structure vand protecting upper .fan-d lower corners of said sheets, without interfering lwith turning or" the sheets for inspection purposes. p

rM 1 invention 'further 'aims to provide a liling device in which sheets of paper cannot 'become kaccidentally dislodged when the closure or" the device is in an open position, as edges'oi' thesheets of paper are positioned under ledges` that will prevent impaled sheets of paper from being forced olf of the f :im'paling pins of l"the device. lt is a well known fact that when crowding a binder or 'filing ldevice that the uppermost sheets must be very often Aplaced under compression `until the lbinder is closed. In my device Athe uppermost sheets lof paper will be positively held in position so that the closure member of the device canbe closed and ,all of 'the sheets of paper iirmly held.

My invention still Jfurther aims to provide a binder or fling device'of large capacity that may be advantageously used Afor '.veelly :filings 'of newspapers in newspaper oili'ces,l libraries 'and other institutionS, and 'the device includes "a "closure 'with "p'o'si- 'tive and reliable 'means "for retaining the Vclosure iin a c1o'sedpestiomso 'that the pansive force oitcstacledA orV `compressed pa:- pers cannot fjoroe'the l@legare open.

My invention will be hereinafter specifically described and/then lamed, and referthe same .showing the closure'of lthe dev-ice in an opeir position; A

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the closure of the device in a `closed posi-tion;

Fig. 5 is va detail view 'of "one of the resilient end members or ledges of the device, -a-nd Fig. -6 illustratesa slight modification iin connection with the lower tube or back 70 member. p

rllo put my invention 'into practice, I select two metallic tubes 1 and@ -ot' equal length and in vt-he tube 2, at suitable intervals, are anchored the lower ends 3 of ilm- -paling pins 4, lsaid pins lhav'ingthe 'upper #ends thereof pointed so that sheets of paper r other tiling material 5 may be easily placed dow-n over the pins.

Attached to the lower4 tubular member by rivets for other fastening means Iare the lower lbarrel ends -6 'of back members 7 which are disposed in parallelism with the plane of the pins 4 and 'the upper ends ot 'said back -members are enlarged ito provide apertured :ears 8 and 4ledges 9, said ledges 'being parallel to the lower 'endportions 10 of the back members in order that the paper sheets 5 maybe placed in stacked formation between the flower end portions 10 ot the back members 7 andthe ledges 9 thereof, with Vthe uppermost paper sheet engaging under the ledges 9. rIh'is is particularly true 'when the til-ing vdeviceor binder `approaches a Ifull condition, -asbrought out in Fig. 4, [and ift is vobvious that 'the ledges y9V will cooperate with :the ilmpalifng pins l iin preventing disllodg'fm'er-it Aof the* paper sheets;

P-votally 'mounted' 'betweentheapertured fears 'i8 for the Abaek'pi-@fees 7, by piss irriv- 'ets or 'the' like, are 'the -small barrelgends 12 of hinge `enrber`s`18"wh'ich .have large -barrel'snds 12e-ambien b theiapperftabular member' 1 .andloooperatm'g therewith in .providing a closure. The large barrel ends 14 are riveted or otherwise connected, as at la to the tube 1 and said tube is apertured, as at 16 to receive the pointed ends ot the impalingN pins llVith the closure swing able to and from the pins 4f it may be easily opened or closed and to hold itclosed resilient end members 17 are employed.

ln the ends ot the tube 2 are placed plugs 18 which may be retained therein by rivets 19 or other 'fastening means and the lower ends oi the resilient end members 17 are riveted or otherwise attached to the plugs, as at 20. r1`he upper ends ot the resilient end members 17 are provided with outturned lips or finger pieces 21 and with beveled lugs or latches 22 which are adapted to engage in the open ends ot the tube 1 and hold the closure in a closed position. The lugs or latches Q2 are ot' a configuration to lit within the ends of the tube 1 and are beveled in order that the closure may be lowered and snapped into engagement with the resilient end members 17. finger pieces 21 of these end men'ibers permit of the same being` shifted outwardly, as suggested by dash lines in Fig. 5, when it is desired to open the closure. The lugs or latches 22 may be spot welded, riveted or otherwise attached to the end members 17, as at 23. The end members not only serve as resilient detents in connection wit the closure but. afford end binders which will cooperate with the impaling pins t in properly stacking paper sheets and it will be noted by reference. to Fig. 1 that the upper and lower edges of the paper sheets will be somewhat protected adjacent the binder or tiling device,

Comparing the present invention with that disclosed in the prior patent, above re- :terred to, it will be noted that the lower end portions 10 of the present baci: members 7 will cooperate with the tubular bottom mei ber 2 in providing a substantial support forpapers, in contradistinction to the lower tubular member in the patent. Again, the upper tubular member shown in the patent was held in a closed position by flat springs associated with the hinge and it was found that a weekly issue of newspapers crowded the ,tiling` device to such an extent that the upper tubular member was 'forced open against the action ot the flat springs, lthere being no positivev latching device as in my present invention. The lugs or latches 22 present shoulders against which the upper tubular member engages without stressing the end members 17 to such an extent that said members snap open. 1n other words, the stress and strain exerted by newspapers in my present tile is in a direction at right angles to that which would open the end members 17, and it is only necessary to have these lmem- The' bers of suiiicient resiliency to retain the lugs or latches in the ends of the upper member.

is shown in Fig. 6, a baci; member 7 may have its lower end disposed at an obtuse angle and formed with a barrel for embracing the lower tube 2. In this construction the bach member extends under the tube and may be considered a reverse arrangement` ot that shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

One embodiment ot my invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible ot such variations and modifications as tall within the scope of the appended claims.

What 1 claim is z- 1. A tiling device comprising a lower member, an upper member, back members hingedly supporting said upper member trom the lower member, paper retaining means carried by said lower 'memben and engageable by said upper member and disposed in a plane constantly parallel t0 said back members, said back members having ledges in proximity to said paper retaining means to retain paper in engagement with said means when said upper member is disengaged trom said paper retaining means, and means carried by said lower member and engaging the ends ot said upper member to retain it in a closed position relative to said lower member.

2. A tiling device including, paper impaling pins, a hinged closure to engage the upper @nds oic said pins and retain paper on said pins,A and supporting means for said hinged closure adapted to retain paper on said pins independent ot said hinged closure.

3. A newspaper Filing device comprising` a` lower member, back members carried thereby, said back members having lower horizontal end portions and upper ledge portions adapted tor engagement with newspapers, paper impaling pins on said lower member with the ends of said pins spaced from the upper ledge portions oit said back members, an upper member hingedly supported by said back members and adapted to engage said pins, and end members on said lower member spaced from said baclt members to engage the ends of said upper member to hold it closed relative to said pins.

e. ./-1 newspaper tiling device as called for in claim 3, wherein said upper and lower members are hollow and said end members areresilient and lined to the ends of said lower member and adapted to be sprung relative to the ends of the upper member.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature.

HEREWARD s. scorr- 

